ArticleJournal of patient experience2020
Decoding the Role of Companions in Supporting the Health Communication of Older African-American Men With Cancer.
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- The caregiver clinical communication process model: advancing the model to support spousal cancer caregivers.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
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- "You Have to Be Part of the Process": A Qualitative Analysis of Older African American Men's Primary Care Communication and Participation.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to systematically characterize the content and patterning of companion's communicative behavior during oncology consultations for older African-American male patients. Companions and family members often play an important role in patient-centered communication for patients with cancer. Despite their disproportionate cancer burden, little is known about how companions facilitate patient-provider communication for older African-American men with cancer. This study represents a secondary qualitative analysis of 14 video-recorded doctor patient-companion medical visits for African-American male patients with cancer. Videos were captured with consent and institutional review board approval at a Midwest comprehensive cancer center between 2002 and 2006. These medical visits were transcribed, deidentified, and analyzed for the content, frequency, co-occurrence, and thematic clustering of companions' active participation behaviors during the interaction. Results were well aligned with existing studies on accompanied oncology visits. Patients were on average, 60.14 years old and all but one of the 16 companions was a woman. A total 782 companion behaviors were coded across 14 medical interactions. While companions communicated directly with providers (eg, asking questions, providing medical history) and directly with patients (eg, clarifying information, giving advice), there was a lack of triadic communication. This study clarifies the role of mainly spousal companions as important intermediaries in the patient-provider communication dynamic for older African-American men with cancer.
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